500 Best German Shepherd Dog Names For GSD Puppies

German Shepherds are often the preferred breed for many types of work around the world, because of their strength, intelligence, trainability, and obedience. They have been served as disability assistance, search-and-rescue, police and military roles, and even acting. When coming up to German Shepherd dog names, you have to choose a name that fit the personalities and characteristics of your GSD puppy. Here comes our selection of best German Shepherd dog names for your boy or girl dogs.

German Dog Names

The German Shepherd is originated in Germany, in Germany its name is Deutscher Schaferhund. German dogs deserve German names. Here comes our selection of German Shepherd names of German origin, these names have great meanings in German and they are suitable for your GSDs.

Adelina

Adler

Alaric

Alder

Alvin

Amara

Anna

Arabelle

Arnold

Ava

Baldwin

Berg

Bert

Berta

Bruno

Burke

Carl

Carla

Carol

Carolyn

Charles

Christa

Conrad

Derick

Ebba

Edwin

Edwina

Eldwin

Erika

Ernest

Ernestine

Faiga

Ferdinand

Frederica

Frederick

Fritz

Galiana

Gary

Gerard

Gerda

Giselle

Harvey

Heidi

Helmut

Herbert

Herman

Imelda

Jaegar

Jerry

Keene

Kurt

Leona

Leopold

Leyna

Loring

Louis

Louise

Luann

Malorie

Mathilda

Mayer

Minna

Nixie

Norbert

Nordica

Olinda

Penrod

Pepin

Raina

Raymond

Richard

Richelle

Ritter

Roderick

Roger

Selma

Serilda

Stein

Terrell

Ula

Ulrika

Ulva

Varick

Verner

Walter

Winola

Zelda

Zelinda

Herding Dog Names

As part of the Herding Group, German Shepherds are working dogs developed originally for herding sheep. Today they are still used for herding and tending sheep grazing in meadows next to gardens and crop fields. These herding dog names are perfect for your German Shepherd puppies. Your dog named Blitz, Flash, Nike, or Speedy will be fast and quickly enough for herding sheep.

Arrow

Batman

Blitz

Bullet

Cobra

Dante

Dash

Flash

Gunner

Harley

Hurricane

Lightening

Lightning Bolt

Napoleon

Nike

Reebok

Sniper

Speedo

Speedy

Tucker

Winston

Zippy

Zorro

Yeller

Large Dog Names

German Shepherds are medium to large-sized dogs. These large dog names will emphasize this characteriscs of your dog. Some of these names are inspired by those Titans in Greek mythology, for instance Atlas and Hercules. Some of them have the meaning of giant, huge, large, and big, for instance Goliath, Tank, Titania, Tower, and Wookie.

Albion

Aloeus

Anakim

Angus

Argus

Athos

Atlas

Axel

Azam

Balor

Bestla

Biggie

Brady

Cacus

Caw

Celso

Corb

Cyclops

Enzo

Fomors

Garm

Geirrod

Gerd

Godzilla

Goliath

Grant

Hallmar

Hanska

Hercules

Humberto

Hyndla

Jumbo

Jupiter

Kapre

Kentaro

Kyo

Langston

Loki

Magnum

Magnus

Maverick

Maxi

Maximus

Monster

Montaro

Morven

Naira

Olvadi

Olwyn

Oni

Reis

Rion

Skadi

Skathi

Tai

Tank

Tarvos

Tethra

Thiazi

Thunder

Tiamat

Titania

Tito

Titus

Tower

Vipal

Virat

Vishal

Votan

Whoppa

Windigo

Wookie

Strong Dog Names

Obviously, German Shepherds are strong and powerful, and they deserve strong dog names. All of our strong dog names have the meaning or annotations of strong, and they are strong enough to be suitable for your puppies. For instance Apollo, Kaiser, Khan, Knight, Mighty, and Paladin.

Anax

Apollo

Balboa

Baron

Champ

Dauphin

Deltoid

Denali

Duke

Dukes

Earl

Gentry

Kaiser

Khan

Knight

Koa

Laird

Magnus

Malik

Maximus

Mighty

Mitis

Morza

Napoleon

Noble

Paladin

Patrizio

Perandor

Popeye

Raja

Rajah

Ramesses

Regis

Rex

Rian

Rock

Rocky

Ruari

Samson

Shah

Sharif

Sheikh

Spartan

Spartans

Sultan

Truck

Tyson

Vader

Worthy

Tough Dog Names

German Shepherds are often used as guarding dogs, police dogs, military dogs, so they need tough enough names. We have pulled together a list of tough dog names for your boy or girl puppies, and these names are bold, tough, and mighty. For example, Ammo, Caesar, Darth, Patton, Rambo, Shark, and Titan are all very good tough dog names.

Ajax

Ammo

Ares

Armour

Atlas

Bacchus

Badger

Bandit

Bane

Biff

Bligh

Bolt

Bomb

Bond

Bonnie

Borden

Bouncer

Bruiser

Brutus

Buck

Butch

Caesar

Cain

Capone

Champ

Chucky

Clint

Cobra

Conan

Crusher

Darth

Dewitt

Diesel

Dozer

Duke

Fury

Granite

Grizzly

Hades

HAL

Hera

Hero

Hitman

Hulk

Hunter

Indie

Jaws

Jesse

Joker

Junkyard

Kayto

Kevlar

Kojak

Krueger

Lecter

Loki

Maia

Neptune

Ninja

Nitro

Orca

Outlaw

Panther

Patton

Picard

Rambo

Rampage

Ratched

Razor

Reaper

Rhino

Robin

Rocky

Samson

Scandal

Shaitan

Shark

Sisko

Sniper

Solo

Spike

Steel

Talon

Tank

Tarzan

Thor

Thunder

Tilla

Titan

Tonka

Turbo

Tyson

Vader

Villa

Viper

Vlad

Wesker

Zeus

Zod

Zorro

Zulu

Smart Dog Names

German Shepherds are extremely intelligent, and they are one of the smartest breeds of the world. Because of their intelligence, a German Shepherd needs a purpose or job in life to be truly happy. This intelligence, coupled with their courageous nature make German Shepherds excellent police and search dogs. Smart dog names are suitable for German Shepherds, so we prepared this list of smart dog names for your GSDs.

Agent 86

Albert

Alcott

Alex

Amelia

Aristotle

Asimov

Bernanke

Biggs

Bobby

Bookie

Boxer

Bradbury

Brain

Brainie

Brainy

Chopin

Curie

Da Vinci

Dante

Darwin

Dawkins

Dell

Dexter

Dog Genius

Dolph

Doogie

Dr. No

Egghead

Einstein

Faraday

Fischer

Fleming

Franklin

Freud

Galileo

Gates

Genius

Gunner

Hal

Hannibal

Hawk

Hillary

Holmes

Howser

IQ

Jobs

Kasparov

Kepler

Kofi

Leonardo

Lisa

Ludwig

Mensa

Monet

Mr.Peabody

Napoleon

Neutron

Newton

Novella

Ochoa

Oprah

Pascal

Princeton

Prodigy

Professor

Quentin

Roslin

Rubik

Sage

Salk

Savant

Savvy

Scholar

Schroder

Screech

Socrates

Tesla

Thatcher

Tucker

Urkel

Watson

Whiz

Winston

Wisdom

Witty

Wright

Famous German Shepherd Dog Names

Since German Shepherds have been served as working dogs in the past several years, there are lots of heroic German Shepherds and famous German Shepherds in the history. We pulled together a list of the most famous GSD names for you, and we think this is the best way as a mark of honour to German Shepherds. Of course you could choose one of these names for your girl or boy German Shepherd puppies.